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Thursday, 20 November 2014
LIfe in My City Arts and Festival: Tour the Exhibition...
Over 111 top art works from young Nigerian Artist were showcased at the opening ceremony yesterday. Right here are a view photos taken
Festival of Arts: LIMCAF.. The Grand Finale
Content: Japhet Alakam, Vanguard News and http : //www.thisdaylive.com
The Life in my City Arts and Festival has wormed its way for 8th years now, bringing back arts into the Nigerian society, whose aim is to promote art pan-Nigeria through an annual competition that offers opportunity for young people to showcase and commercialise their productions, to win handsome prizes and interact with the larger art community on a national platform. The 2014 Life in My City Arts and Festival awards went through successfully, with a lot of dignitaries on board, with the likes of the art loving monarch and patron of LIMCAF, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, the Obi of Onitsha, with other art patrons like the founder of LIMCAF, Robert Orji, Elder Kalu Uka, chairman of the board, French Ambassador to Nigeria represented by the Cultural Attache, Monsieur Jacques Montourcy, Nkeoma Nmazili, who represented Diamond Bank, the major sponsor and others, Besides attracting eminent art personalities to its jury, the event had also garnered increasing nationwide support from notable organisations and individuals like Senator Ayogu Eze, the Justice Anthony Aniagolu family in Enugu, the Alliance Française network, the French Embassy, Diamond Bank, Olabisi Silva’s Centre for Contemporary Art in Lagos and Mrs Mfon Usoro , among others, who had endowed special prizes for the festival cum competition. In addition, its recent foray into the Lagos exhibition circuit had elicited the interest of the notable art collector, Omo’oba Yemisi Shyllon.
The 2014 festival started with the opening of the Limcaf 2014 grand finale featuring top 100 artworks selected from a total of 138 works that qualified for the 8 zones at the National Gallery of Art, Enugu on October 20. The winning work, Intriguing the illusion that this contrivance of clay beads, suspended on iron frames by transparent strings, was encased in glass, a young mother of two Ngozi Appolonia Omeje received a cheque of Five hundred thousand Naira (N500,000) as the overall winner, who titled her art work “Placenta”. Placenta? Could the artist, Ngozi Appolonia Omeje, be sharing some distant ante-natal experience with her audience? If this was how the scanned image of her foetus looked in her womb, why take the trouble to contrive it with so many clay beads? Among these other prizes were the Best Painting/Mixed-media/Drawing Prize won by Brenda Emmanuel Chinonso, the Best Photography/ Multimedia/Video won by Chiemela Peter Mgbeahuru, the Best Graphics/Textile won by Onyedika Peter Okonkwo, the Justice Aniagolu Prize for Originality won by Onyinye M. Ezennia, the CCA Lagos Prize for Best Lagos Entry won by Afegbua Ibrahim, the Mfon Usoro Prize for the Best Entry Uyo/Calabar Entry won by Essang Etim Effiong, the Enugu State Council for Art and Culture Prize won by Candidus Onyishi , the Art Is Everywhere Prize won by Olumide Luke Onadipe and the Vin Martin Ilo Prize for the Best Enugu Entry won by Nzubechi Ideyi. There were also consolation prizes for others whose works were shortlisted for the finals.
The three leading prizes — the Best Painting/Mixed-media/Drawing , Best Photography/Multimedia/Video and Best Graphics/Textile — each worth N250,000 , were tailed by the other prizes were worth N100,000 each and a couple of prizes —Art Is Everywhere Prize and Vin Martin Ilo Prize for the Best Enugu Entry worth N50,000.
The sifting of the best works were given to A five-man jury consisting of Dr George Odoh, Dr Helen Uhunmwagho, Jacques Montourcy, Dr Ken Okoli and Dr Kunle Filani, who were described as “five experienced artists, scholars and culture experts”.
The Life in my City Arts and Festival has wormed its way for 8th years now, bringing back arts into the Nigerian society, whose aim is to promote art pan-Nigeria through an annual competition that offers opportunity for young people to showcase and commercialise their productions, to win handsome prizes and interact with the larger art community on a national platform. The 2014 Life in My City Arts and Festival awards went through successfully, with a lot of dignitaries on board, with the likes of the art loving monarch and patron of LIMCAF, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, the Obi of Onitsha, with other art patrons like the founder of LIMCAF, Robert Orji, Elder Kalu Uka, chairman of the board, French Ambassador to Nigeria represented by the Cultural Attache, Monsieur Jacques Montourcy, Nkeoma Nmazili, who represented Diamond Bank, the major sponsor and others, Besides attracting eminent art personalities to its jury, the event had also garnered increasing nationwide support from notable organisations and individuals like Senator Ayogu Eze, the Justice Anthony Aniagolu family in Enugu, the Alliance Française network, the French Embassy, Diamond Bank, Olabisi Silva’s Centre for Contemporary Art in Lagos and Mrs Mfon Usoro , among others, who had endowed special prizes for the festival cum competition. In addition, its recent foray into the Lagos exhibition circuit had elicited the interest of the notable art collector, Omo’oba Yemisi Shyllon.
The 2014 festival started with the opening of the Limcaf 2014 grand finale featuring top 100 artworks selected from a total of 138 works that qualified for the 8 zones at the National Gallery of Art, Enugu on October 20. The winning work, Intriguing the illusion that this contrivance of clay beads, suspended on iron frames by transparent strings, was encased in glass, a young mother of two Ngozi Appolonia Omeje received a cheque of Five hundred thousand Naira (N500,000) as the overall winner, who titled her art work “Placenta”. Placenta? Could the artist, Ngozi Appolonia Omeje, be sharing some distant ante-natal experience with her audience? If this was how the scanned image of her foetus looked in her womb, why take the trouble to contrive it with so many clay beads? Among these other prizes were the Best Painting/Mixed-media/Drawing Prize won by Brenda Emmanuel Chinonso, the Best Photography/ Multimedia/Video won by Chiemela Peter Mgbeahuru, the Best Graphics/Textile won by Onyedika Peter Okonkwo, the Justice Aniagolu Prize for Originality won by Onyinye M. Ezennia, the CCA Lagos Prize for Best Lagos Entry won by Afegbua Ibrahim, the Mfon Usoro Prize for the Best Entry Uyo/Calabar Entry won by Essang Etim Effiong, the Enugu State Council for Art and Culture Prize won by Candidus Onyishi , the Art Is Everywhere Prize won by Olumide Luke Onadipe and the Vin Martin Ilo Prize for the Best Enugu Entry won by Nzubechi Ideyi. There were also consolation prizes for others whose works were shortlisted for the finals.
The three leading prizes — the Best Painting/Mixed-media/Drawing , Best Photography/Multimedia/Video and Best Graphics/Textile — each worth N250,000 , were tailed by the other prizes were worth N100,000 each and a couple of prizes —Art Is Everywhere Prize and Vin Martin Ilo Prize for the Best Enugu Entry worth N50,000.
The sifting of the best works were given to A five-man jury consisting of Dr George Odoh, Dr Helen Uhunmwagho, Jacques Montourcy, Dr Ken Okoli and Dr Kunle Filani, who were described as “five experienced artists, scholars and culture experts”.
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
Life in My City Openning
The event successfully started off yesterday, with A lot of dignitaries, wiith the likes of Elder Kalu. U. Kalu, in attendance and members of the press.
Post source - Deji Ade. Photos taken by Ayo Adewunmi, live at the opening ceremony
Post source - Deji Ade. Photos taken by Ayo Adewunmi, live at the opening ceremony
Elder Kalu. U. Kalu, giving a speech with the press
Monday, 20 October 2014
Life In My City Arts and Festival: Kicks off Today..
Finally, it's here! Life in my city arts and festival kicks off today, with a press preview opening ceremony at the National Gallery of Arts, Enugu by 3pm.
Saturday, 18 October 2014
House Of Tara in Enugu
Coming into Enugu state, the house of tara make up school having done a recruitment exercise for the position of a retail operations associate in Enugu state, has opened it's outlet in the state. For TaraFanatics, You can easily access Tara products at the Polo Mall, along abakaliki express way and also at Bethel Plaza, situated opposite Diamond bank Okpara Avenue Road. Or if you need to find a tara representative - visit... Vows Beauty Plus: 54, Boardman street Uwani Enugu 08032261410, 08088799998
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Friday, 10 October 2014
Life In My City Programme of Events
Programme of events
Monday October 20th
LIMCAF Exhibition/Press Preview opening ceremony
Venue A: National Gallery of Arts, Enugu
Time: 3pm
Venue B: Nike Lake Resort, Open from Friday 24th
Tuesday October 21st
Children's Art workshop
Venue: Alliance Francaise, Enugu
Time: 10am-2pm
Thursday October 23rd
Photo Africa Exhibition Opening Ceremony
Venue: Alliance Francaise, Enugu Exhibition Hall
Time: 4pm
Friday October 24th
Clam Workshop
Venue: Alliance Francaise, Enugu
Time: 10am-4pm
Clam Exhibition Opening Ceremony
Venue: Alliance Francaise, Enugu
Time: 5pm
Saturday October 25th
Sponsor Interactive Session with Participating Artists
Venue: Alliance Francaise, Enugu
Time: 12 noon
GRAND FINALE/AWARD NIGHT
Venue: Convention Hall, Nike Lake Resort
Time: 4pm
Thursday, 9 October 2014
Life In My City Arts and Festival: Its getting close, Are You Ready?
Holla, it's October. Hope we're getting ready for the Life In My City Arts and Festival awards. It's coming up very soon. Starting from the 20th of this month, through to the 25th when the grand finale holds. And surprisingly they have about 3 venues..
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